There have been widespread reports of a new scam affecting Android users called “Flubot”
This is a text-message scam that infects Android phones and is spreading across the UK. The message – which pretends to be from a package delivery firm, prompts users to install a tracking app – but is actually a malicious piece of spyware.
Crucially, it can take over devices and spy on phones to gather confidential data, including things such as sensitive work information or online banking details.
Sci-Hub is an illegal website which poses serious security risks and should be avoided by University students and staff. Police have warned against using websites, and Sci-Hub, in particular that allow users to illegally access scientific research papers.
The Sci-Hub website will be blocked for accessing on campus but it is important that students and staff do not access the site from home or off campus.
“Sci-Hub obtains the papers through a variety of malicious means, such as the use of phishing emails to trick university staff and students into divulging their login credentials. Sci Hub then use this to compromise the university’s network and download the research papers” The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) press release
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